Language: A means of written, verbal/oral, or visual/signed symbolic communication used to interact and negotiate meaning with other people by producing, understanding and analyzing verbal/oral, written, or visual/signed texts products; encompasses dialects, creoles, pidgins. FCST identified possible partner language needs by consulting the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 639-2 language list
Clearance: Whether a clearance is held by a federalized member or requested in an MSR. FCST outputs account for DoD clearance levels in the federalized component indicated by previous and emerging mission demand signal. The options are “None” & “Cleared”.
Skillset: Capabilities articulated/demonstrated by federalized member or requested in MSR. The options are “Translation”, “Transcription”, “Cultural Support”, “Interpretation”, “Language Learning”, & “General”
Mission Fulfillment Success: NLSC meeting all a partner’s MSR parameters including number of members, timeframe, and location.
Mission Fulfillment Success Rate: % of missions for which NLSC is able to attain fulfillment success (meeting all MSR parameters). Descriptive of previous mission outcomes and likely future outcomes with optimally structured FC.
Mission Provision Level: % of MSR-indicated members NLSC can provide for mission. A user-set parameter to generate outputs. The options are “25%”, “50%”, “75%”, “100%”